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stellarblackhole1 t1_j5pwt6j wrote

Reply to comment by The80Percent_ in Playing Military Sim War Thunder May Get You Classed as a National Security Risk by Sorin61

Actually, there have been news articles about people getting arrested for leaking documents on classified military secrets before regarding war thunder. A tanker dumped a ton of classified information on a tank to prove a point like 6 months ago.

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paulHarkonen t1_j5qgcts wrote

The fact that several people leaked classified documents to prove a point why their beloved vehicle of choice needs a buff (or nerf) in War Thunder is well know and publicized. (It happened several times now)

What isn't established is that as a result playing War Thunder means you are categorized as a security risk.

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DavidBrooker t1_j5qi9q6 wrote

Leaking classified documents is a crime.

Playing a game whose community members have leaked classified documents is not a crime.

By way of comparison, giving classified documents to the Washington Post is a crime. Receiving classified documents as a journalist at the Washington Post is not a crime. Reading the Washington Post is also not a crime.

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DavidBrooker t1_j5qu035 wrote

I just read through 18 USC 798 and it really does not seem to suggest that the receiving party / 'unauthorized person' is at fault, at least under that law. As I am not a lawyer, could you explain why that is and/or why a layperson's reading is misleading?

Edit: 18 USC 793 and 794 deal with simple possession of "defense information", but not necessarily classified information. Notwithstanding the fact that these descriptions may have significant overlap, is it through this mechanism that you're referencing? ie, are these terms de facto or de jure synonymous, or are they merely commonly mutually applicable?

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